A little help here. What brand cartomizers are good

[earthpig]

Well I finally got the Boge 2 ohm down to a science....LOVE IT !
BUT I L O V E These new Dual coils MORE.
""" The Vapor is incredible """"

So I have 2 new favorites. The Boge 2 ohm, when I don't want a nicotine overdose and the Duallie 1.5ohm, when I want to throw clouds like a cheap cigar.
Yeah, I know. I'm gonna kill a 510 battery on the duallie, but so be it. batteries are cheap($10.00).

Pork Roast

 

[maja]

Is it possible for carto resistance to affect battery life? I ask because I've bought a pack of 3 ohm cartos and I am now convinced (!this could be completely spurious of course) that my 510 batteries only last half as long now. I've just used one on a new Riva battery and it died after like 3 hours! I really hope it was just because I didn't give it a long enough first charge... But really, I'm worried, can cartos ruin batteries like that? And if so, what should I watch out for? Tnx!

 

[Elwin]

Is it possible for carto resistance to affect battery life? I ask because I've bought a pack of 3 ohm cartos and I am now convinced (!this could be completely spurious of course) that my 510 batteries only last half as long now. I've just used one on a new Riva battery and it died after like 3 hours! I really hope it was just because I didn't give it a long enough first charge... But really, I'm worried, can cartos ruin batteries like that? And if so, what should I watch out for? Tnx!

Always, always, always make sure your batteries have had a proper, full charge before using it for the first time. OK, now that that's out of the way...

Good cartomizers should have no more wear and tear on a battery than an atomizer - none what so ever. Cartos are simply a combination of cart and atomizer.
Having said that, the atomizer within a carto are made more cheaply than an atomizer because they are intended to be a disposable item. Hence the DOA warranty. So sometimes defectives do occur - at least more often than a quality atomizer.

Have you tried more than just one carto? It may be a junker - it happens.
If not, get another one and try it. And make sure that battery is fully charged...

 

[earthpig]

What I've noticed on this dual coil (1.6ohm) is it will eat through a battery charge in 1/2 the time. I expected that.
Now as far as lifetime, I have yet to find out how that gets effected, but I would imagine it does.

Likewise the 2ohm Boge cuts time between charges by quite a bit.

 

[PoliticallyIncorrect]

I found that to be true with eGos and LR attys—but so be it. It was the only way I could get a decent vape out of a low-voltage device.

 

[Jaandlu]

Can someone explain the ohm thing to me? What ohm is best for the 510 batteries? What is best for vapor? What does it actually mean?

 

[Jaandlu]

I've yet to encounter another vaper in the wild.

This may be because you live in So Cal. Me, too. I have only met one other Vapor and he was the one who turned me on to it. I kinda think the trend hasn't really made it out here yet. That's the only thing I can figure.

 

[PoliticallyIncorrect]

Can someone explain the ohm thing to me? What ohm is best for the 510 batteries? What is best for vapor? What does it actually mean?

It means, simply, the electrical resistance of a particular atomizer as measured in Ohms. With a standard 510 battery, you're pretty much limited to a standard resistance atty, i.e., something in the 2.2-2.8 Ohm vicinity. If the rating isn't mentioned but isn't identified as either LR (Low Resistance) or HV (High Voltage), it's almost certainly standard.

This may be because you live in So Cal. Me, too. I have only met one other Vapor and he was the one who turned me on to it. I kinda think the trend hasn't really made it out here yet. That's the only thing I can figure.

I've seen quite a few people in here who claim to be from SoCal, or some variation thereof—I just haven't seen any on the street. There's even at least a couple of local vaping clubs (SoCal Vapers, San Diego Vapers). It's hard to imagine Southern California as some kind of remote backwater that vaping has yet to penetrate, but unless some of the smokers I see are actually using cigarette-like PVs, I've yet to stumble across any.

 

[5cardstud]

PI is right. I use nothing but ikenvape cartomizers now. They outlast any others. People are reporting anywhere from 2 weeks to 3.5 mo. on one cartomizer. If your looking for run of the mill cartos then get whatever but if you truely want the absolute best get ikenvapes. He engineers his for vapor production, taste, and throat hit.

 

[Jaandlu]

I've seen quite a few people in here who claim to be from SoCal, or some variation thereof—I just haven't seen any on the street. There's even at least a couple of local vaping clubs (SoCal Vapers, San Diego Vapers). It's hard to imagine Southern California as some kind of remote backwater that vaping has yet to penetrate, but unless some of the smokers I see are actually using cigarette-like PVs, I've yet to stumble across any.

I don't think it's that So Cal is some kind of backwater place, I think it's more that the trend just hasn't really caught on. But I may be wrong. Are there any areas in the US that you can walk down the street and see it on a somewhat regular basis? I don't even know. Like I said, I have only met one other. And you have never met one. Just seems odd that it if it has caught on, no one is talking about it. At least not out in the open.

Oh, and I spent about 8 hours looking for a simple answer to my questions about ohms and you are the first one that actually told me what I wanted to know. Man, sometimes this stuff is totally confusing. I am glad that there are peopole like you here to help us noobies figure this stuff out. Thanks, PI!

 

[earthpig]

I can give you a real life example that if you have noticed this, it will help in the Ohm's discussion.
If you've ever swept the floor with a cheaper seweeper and noticed the cord got a little warm when you wrapped it up. it's because the wire is thin, and it causes resistance. With a thicker wire it doesn't happen. Resistance IS ohms.

Similarly, using the same voltage everyday on your e-cig battery and changing wire thickness in the atomizer from thin to thick gives a higher resistance number. The higher the resistance number (wire thickness) the cooler the carto, but we are dealing with wires that glow like in your kitchen toaster.
In 808D-1 model carto's a standard is ~3 to 3.5 ohms. A low resistance (LR) is less than 3 ohms or about 2.5 ohms, and glows hotter.
There are downsides and upsides to both.